Lying in states: fibbing politicians
Lies and politics have always come as a pair, but the untruths keep getting bigger and more frequent; our correspondent digs into why. We speak with an adventurer who fought off the murderous boredom ...
23 Dec 201921min
Old China hands: ageing in the Middle Kingdom
Next year, China’s median age will surpass America’s, but with just a quarter the median income; the government is nervous that China will get old before it gets rich. This weekend’s elections in Uzbe...
20 Dec 201922min
Exclusionary rule: India’s citizenship law
The Hindu nationalist government’s latest move pointedly excludes Muslims from immigration reform. Protesters reckon that is an attack on the country’s cherished secularism. Tuberculosis is still amon...
19 Dec 201921min
Marching orders: impeachment around the world
America’s impeachment battle falls along unhelpfully partisan lines—but the process has other shortcomings. We take some lessons from how the rest of the world does it. Cuba has long run an official t...
18 Dec 201923min
Majority rules: Britain’s new Parliament sits
Now that the prime minister has a thumping parliamentary majority, Brexit is assured—but on what terms? And what other legislative shake-ups are in the works? President Donald Trump has relied heavily...
17 Dec 201921min
COP out: the UN climate talks
Again, the annual COP conference ran long and ended with disappointment. Why can’t countries agree on what so clearly must be done? One big contributor to the changing climate is meat-eating, and Chin...
16 Dec 201921min
Bolt from the blue: Britain’s Conservatives triumph
A thumping win for Boris Johnson’s Tory party is more complex than it seems; the returns cast a light on changes bubbling under the surface of the country’s politics. A renewed push for land restituti...
13 Dec 201923min
Defending the indefensible: Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s de facto leader appeared before the International Court of Justice to answer allegations of war crimes. We look at the stark turnaround of an icon of democracy. Storing renewable energy rema...
12 Dec 201923min
